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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .

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The Choice Dementia Takes Away

Who should make the final decision about your death? You, your family, your doctor...or a disease that slowly takes away your mind?
aug. 2.

Evolution Never Saw this Coming

Your body was built for a world that no longer exists — and that mismatch might be making you sick.
júl. 26.

In The Last Pew

When the family of a longtime patient invited me to her funeral, I found myself wrestling with a question I never addressed in medical school.
júl. 19.

Before You Take That Alzheimer's Test, Ask This Question

New Alzheimer's blood tests are accurate, available, and increasingly advertised — but for healthy people, a positive result is rarely useful.
júl. 12.

Because We've Always Done It That Way

Standard medical practice isn't the same as proven medical practice — and the difference can be deadly.
júl. 5.

The Comfort Premium

It’s the same medicine. So why does the convenient version cost so much more?
jún. 28.

Solving One Problem, Creating Another

From a Pacific island overrun by rats to hospital wards battling superbugs, why our best intentions so often backfire.
jún. 21.

What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects

Would you take $5,000 to be in a painful medical study? And should researchers even be allowed to ask?

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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .